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• Length: 14 Miles • Surface Area: 1,435 Acres • Volume: 89,166 Acre Feet • Drainage Area: 81 Square Miles Huntington Lake was constructed in 1912 as a part of the enormous Big Creek Hydroelectric Project envisioned by John S. Eastwood to provide power for a growing California. The lake was named for Henry Edwards Huntington, the railroad magnate who financed the earliest work to develop the Big Creek project which includes a system of lakes, tunnels, steel penstocks and power houses. Four dams form the lake, which has a capacity of 88,834 acre feet and a surface area of 1,441 acres. There were originally three dams, completed in 1913, but a fourth dam, completed in 1919, was built to increase the lake's capacity. The other three dams were raised and covered with concrete. State Route 168 passes along the east shore of the lake where China Peak, a ski resort, is located. Huntington Lake hosts an annual sailing event, the High Sierra Regatta, which is organized by the Fresno Yacht Club. 2013 represented the 60th year of racing on Huntington Lake. The regatta spans two weekends during July. |
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